Suppose an institution announces, “All persons may enter,” and then issues an authoritative qualification: “Visitors without permission may not enter.” One cannot ignore the qualification and insist that the first statement applies without exception to everyone.
This demonstrates specification of a general expression. Before applying a general statement, investigate any established qualifying evidence. The institutional example illustrates the pattern; it is not itself a religious legal proof.
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Applied Usul al-Fiqh: Guided Case Studies (Supplementary)
Suppose an institution announces, “All persons may enter,” and then issues an authoritative qualification: “Visitors without permission may not enter.” One cannot ignore the qualification and insist that the first statement applies without exception to everyone.
This demonstrates specification of a general expression. Before applying a general statement, investigate any established qualifying evidence. The institutional example illustrates the pattern; it is not itself a religious legal proof.